diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api
index b76548b510bd4a..140189a369b3fe 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/api/ReactAndroid.api
@@ -7740,35 +7740,6 @@ public class com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTypefaceUtils {
 	public static fun parseFontWeight (Ljava/lang/String;)I
 }
 
-public class com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactVirtualTextShadowNode : com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactBaseTextShadowNode {
-	public fun <init> ()V
-	public fun isVirtual ()Z
-}
-
-public class com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactVirtualTextShadowNode$$PropsSetter : com/facebook/react/uimanager/ViewManagerPropertyUpdater$ShadowNodeSetter {
-	public fun <init> ()V
-	public fun getProperties (Ljava/util/Map;)V
-	public synthetic fun setProperty (Lcom/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactShadowNode;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/Object;)V
-	public fun setProperty (Lcom/facebook/react/views/text/ReactVirtualTextShadowNode;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/Object;)V
-}
-
-public class com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactVirtualTextViewManager : com/facebook/react/uimanager/BaseViewManager {
-	public fun <init> ()V
-	public synthetic fun createShadowNodeInstance ()Lcom/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactShadowNode;
-	public fun createShadowNodeInstance ()Lcom/facebook/react/views/text/ReactVirtualTextShadowNode;
-	public fun createViewInstance (Lcom/facebook/react/uimanager/ThemedReactContext;)Landroid/view/View;
-	public fun getName ()Ljava/lang/String;
-	public fun getShadowNodeClass ()Ljava/lang/Class;
-	public fun updateExtraData (Landroid/view/View;Ljava/lang/Object;)V
-}
-
-public class com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactVirtualTextViewManager$$PropsSetter : com/facebook/react/uimanager/ViewManagerPropertyUpdater$ViewManagerSetter {
-	public fun <init> ()V
-	public fun getProperties (Ljava/util/Map;)V
-	public synthetic fun setProperty (Lcom/facebook/react/uimanager/ViewManager;Landroid/view/View;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/Object;)V
-	public fun setProperty (Lcom/facebook/react/views/text/ReactVirtualTextViewManager;Landroid/view/View;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/Object;)V
-}
-
 public class com/facebook/react/views/text/TextAttributeProps {
 	public static final field TA_KEY_ACCESSIBILITY_ROLE S
 	public static final field TA_KEY_ALIGNMENT S
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/gradle.properties b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/gradle.properties
index 6c3ec6535d733d..926482749db85c 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/gradle.properties
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/gradle.properties
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ react.internal.disableJavaVersionAlignment=true
 
 # Binary Compatibility Validator properties
 binaryCompatibilityValidator.ignoredClasses=com.facebook.react.BuildConfig,\
+com.facebook.react.views.text.ReactVirtualTextShadowNode$$PropsSetter,\
+com.facebook.react.views.text.ReactVirtualTextViewManager$$PropsSetter,\
 com.facebook.react.views.unimplementedview.ReactUnimplementedViewManager$$PropsSetter
 
 binaryCompatibilityValidator.ignoredPackages=com.facebook.debug,\
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactVirtualTextViewManager.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactVirtualTextViewManager.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 421a9e8c7b4257..00000000000000
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactVirtualTextViewManager.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
- *
- * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
- * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
- */
-
-package com.facebook.react.views.text;
-
-import android.view.View;
-import com.facebook.react.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
-import com.facebook.react.module.annotations.ReactModule;
-import com.facebook.react.uimanager.BaseViewManager;
-import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ThemedReactContext;
-
-/**
- * Manages raw text nodes. Since they are used only as a virtual nodes any type of native view
- * operation will throw an {@link IllegalStateException}
- */
-@ReactModule(name = ReactVirtualTextViewManager.REACT_CLASS)
-public class ReactVirtualTextViewManager extends BaseViewManager<View, ReactVirtualTextShadowNode> {
-
-  @VisibleForTesting public static final String REACT_CLASS = "RCTVirtualText";
-
-  @Override
-  public String getName() {
-    return REACT_CLASS;
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public View createViewInstance(ThemedReactContext context) {
-    throw new IllegalStateException("Attempt to create a native view for RCTVirtualText");
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public void updateExtraData(View view, Object extraData) {}
-
-  @Override
-  public Class<ReactVirtualTextShadowNode> getShadowNodeClass() {
-    return ReactVirtualTextShadowNode.class;
-  }
-
-  @Override
-  public ReactVirtualTextShadowNode createShadowNodeInstance() {
-    return new ReactVirtualTextShadowNode();
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactVirtualTextViewManager.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactVirtualTextViewManager.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..1ee05de1789188
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactVirtualTextViewManager.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+package com.facebook.react.views.text
+
+import android.view.View
+import com.facebook.react.module.annotations.ReactModule
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.BaseViewManager
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ThemedReactContext
+
+/**
+ * Manages raw text nodes. Since they are used only as a virtual nodes any type of native view
+ * operation will throw an [IllegalStateException]
+ */
+@ReactModule(name = ReactVirtualTextViewManager.REACT_CLASS)
+internal class ReactVirtualTextViewManager : BaseViewManager<View, ReactVirtualTextShadowNode>() {
+
+  public override fun getName(): String = REACT_CLASS
+
+  protected override fun createViewInstance(context: ThemedReactContext): View {
+    throw IllegalStateException("Attempt to create a native view for RCTVirtualText")
+  }
+
+  public override fun updateExtraData(view: View, extraData: Any): Unit {}
+
+  public override fun getShadowNodeClass(): Class<ReactVirtualTextShadowNode> =
+      ReactVirtualTextShadowNode::class.java
+
+  override fun createShadowNodeInstance(): ReactVirtualTextShadowNode = ReactVirtualTextShadowNode()
+
+  internal companion object {
+    public const val REACT_CLASS: String = "RCTVirtualText"
+  }
+}